Pittsburgh Steelers football head coach Mike Tomlin, second left, arrives to speak to journalists at a coaches press availability during the NFL owner’s meeting, Monday, March 28, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
New England Patriots football team head coach Bill Belichick answers questions from journalists at a coaches press availability during the NFL owner’s meeting, Monday, March 28, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
New York Giants co-owner, president and CEO John Mara, front left, arrives for a presentation at the start of the NFL football owners meeting, Sunday, March 27, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
Houston Texans head coach Lovie Smith, left, speaks to journalists at a coaches press availability during the NFL owner’s meeting, Monday, March 28, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
Indianapolis Colts football team head coach Frank Reich speaks to journalists at a coaches press availability during the NFL owner’s meeting, Monday, March 28, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
NFL executive vice president of club business and events Peter O’Reilly, left, is joined by Detroit Lions president and CEO Rod Wood, right, and the team’s principal owner and chair Sheila Ford Hamp, as he announces that Detroit has been awarded the 2024 draft, during the NFL owner’s meeting, Monday, March 28, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — To ensure more opportunities for diverse candidates, the NFL has added requirements on the hiring of offensive assistant coaches, and women in general.
The moves announced Monday at the owners meeting include adjustments to the Rooney Rule adopted in 2003 and amended frequently in attempts to enhance opportunities for people of color and women for nearly all league and team jobs.
Beginning this season, all 32 clubs must employ a female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority to serve as an offensive assistant coach. The person will receive a one-year contract and work closely with the head coach and offensive staff to gain experience.
In recent years, head coaches have predominantly had offensive backgrounds. The pipeline for minorities on that side of the ball is lacking, as Steelers owner Art Rooney II reiterated Monday.
“We recognize we have seen progress on some fronts,” said Rooney, chairman of the league’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, “but we still have a way to go on other fronts.”
Teams will receive league funding toward the coach’s salary for up to two years.
Overall, including women in all Rooney Rule requirements is designed to address under-representation of women in key football positions. The league believes this will “encourage the further identification and development of women candidates and the ability to provide them additional opportunity to interview for open positions.”
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